Amanita muscaria: medicinal properties of the mushroom and use in folk medicine for the treatment of diseases
Everyone knows that fly agaric is a poisonous mushroom, therefore, its use is life-threatening. However, fly agaric also has medicinal properties, they only use funds based on it in microscopic doses and under the supervision of experienced homeopathic specialists, because an overdose of drugs or their improper manufacture is fraught with poisoning.
This mushroom can often be found in our forests. It is very poisonous, but in small doses it can be useful. The medicinal properties of the fly agaric are due to its constituent substances that have anesthetic and antiallergic effects. This mushroom also contains a strong antibiotic muscarufine, poisonous alkaloids (harmful to Koch's bacillus and cancer cells).
You will learn about the healing qualities and use of red mushroom in folk medicine by reading this material.
Amanita medicinal properties and contraindications
People knew about the medicinal properties of the mushroom mushroom in ancient times and used it externally for the treatment of diseases of the joints and back (rheumatism, arthritis, arthrosis, osteochondrosis, radiculitis), skin (ulcers, including cancerous, fistulas, bedsores, boils and carbuncles, dermatitis, eczema, fungal lesions of the skin and nails, etc.), varicose veins and thrombophlebitis, allergies, benign tumors (fibroids, fibroids, papillomas, warts, etc.).
In very small doses (drops), alcoholic tincture of amanita is used in folk medicine for the treatment of pathological menopause, diseases of the endocrine glands, tuberculosis, atherosclerosis, loss of strength, chronic fatigue, vascular spasms, epilepsy, seizures, numbness and trembling of the limbs, paralysis and paresis, impotence, some diseases of the spinal cord and malignant neoplasms (promotes the disintegration of a cancerous tumor). The juice of the medicinal mushroom fly agaric helps with clouding of the lens and vitreous body, with decreased vision, double vision, conjunctivitis and cataracts.
All these tinctures from fly agarics, used for medicinal purposes, are very poisonous, and they are taken inside by drops and only under the supervision of a doctor.
Contraindications for the use of fly agaric: liver and kidney disease, children under 12 years of age, pregnancy and breastfeeding. In addition, the dosage should be strictly adhered to. Means made from this mushroom must be kept out of the reach of children. It is necessary to prepare medicinal products from fly agaric in rubber gloves and do not use metal dishes!
If, during treatment with folk remedies from fly agarics, hallucinations, palpitations, nausea and vomiting appear, the drug should be immediately washed off the skin and not used for treatment.
Fly agaric poisoning symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, severe abdominal pain, salivation, increased sweating, overexcitation, hallucinations, cyanosis, then shortness of breath, loss of consciousness, delirium, pupillary constriction and convulsions appear. If these signs are found, you must immediately call an ambulance. Before the arrival of the doctor, the patient must be given up to 4 glasses of water to drink and induce vomiting. Repeat the procedure until only pure water remains in the vomit.
Traditional medicine from fly agaric for the treatment of diseases
For the treatment of diseases from the red fly agaric according to the recipes of traditional medicine, the following remedies are prepared.
Recipe 1. Tincture of red fly agaric for external use.
Keep the caps of fly agarics for 2 days in the refrigerator, then quickly rinse, dry with a towel, cut into small pieces, fill a liter jar almost to the top, pour vodka, cover tightly and leave to infuse in a cool dark place. Shake well once a week. After 3 weeks, strain this tincture, and squeeze the mushrooms through a dense cloth. Store in a dark bottle in the refrigerator.
Use only externally for rubbing diseased joints (for rheumatism, arthritis, arthrosis and other diseases). Before using the joint, you must first steam it well, wipe it with a towel and then just rub in the fly agaric tincture. This tincture also treats sprains, bones on the legs, wen, trigeminal neuralgia and enlarged lymph nodes. Fats and lymph nodes only need to be lubricated with this tincture. Also, folk medicine recommends the use of this mushroom tincture and for the treatment of skin diseases.
Prescription 2. Remedy for the treatment of breast cancer.
Take 2 tbsp. l. alcohol tincture of fly agaric, add the same amount of flour, mix thoroughly until a thick dough is obtained, form a cake from it and tie it on a sore chest overnight. The course of treatment is 1 month.
Recipe 3. Homeopathic tincture.
In homeopathic practice, the following method of preparing tincture of red fly agaric is used: take a three-liter jar, fill it tightly with medium-sized caps of red fly agaric, close the lid tightly and bury it in the ground to a depth of about 1 m.After 40 days, dig out the jar, open the liquid formed in the jar, pour into another jar, add the same amount of high-quality vodka, mix, seal well and store in the refrigerator.
Start taking with 1 drop 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals with 0.5 glass of chaga water infusion. On the second day, take 2 drops, on the third day - 3 drops and so bring up to 20 drops per appointment. Then, also reducing 1 drop, bring to 1 drop, then take a break for 1 week. If necessary, the course can be repeated.
Without consulting a doctor, do not take this fly agaric remedy according to the prescription of traditional medicine, since it is very toxic and has many contraindications (liver, kidney disease, etc.).
Recipe 4. Amanita ointment for the treatment of diseases of the joints and back.
Take 50 g of dried, powdered fly agaric mushroom and internal animal fat, mix thoroughly and use externally for the treatment of rheumatism, arthritis, arthrosis and other diseases of the joints and muscles. Before going to bed, rub the ointment into the sore spot, wrap it with a woolen scarf and leave it until morning. Store in ceramic or glass containers in the refrigerator.
Fly agaric ointment is also used to treat breast cancer (for 1 month, tie a bandage with this ointment on a sore chest at night), as well as to treat skin cancer.